[arch-dev-public] Automating package conflict resolution whenever possible (xorgproto/libxfont dependency conflict)

[Doug Newgard]

On Wed, 14 Feb 2018 02:52:16 +0100 (CET)
Alad Wenter via arch-dev-public <arch-dev-public at archlinux.org> wrote:

> > Eli Schwartz via arch-dev-public <arch-dev-public at archlinux.org> hat am 14. Februar 2018 um 01:48 geschrieben:
> > 
> > 
> > On 02/13/2018 06:56 PM, Baptiste Jonglez wrote:  
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Eli and I disagree about how dependency conflicts should be handled when
> > > packaging.  This was prompted by the libxfont dependency conflict arising
> > > from recent xorgproto changes [1].
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > [1] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/57495  
> > 
> > Is there a reason you took a private disagreement to the public mailing
> > lists:
> >   
> So, uh, how often does this happen that we need to make a big fuss on the matter? The last manual intervention was nearly a year ago with ca-certificates-utils. If anything we should argue why there was no news post on archlinux.org
> 
> Alad

A news post for something completely routine? Has Arch become so boring that
people don't know how to deal with the simplest conflict?